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Dalmarnock Parish Church,
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Dalmarnock Parish Church was on the
left, where the large trees are now, the main church door faced onto the
tenements in Springfield Road with the side of the church in Lily
St.
Glesga Pal, Bonny said ".... there was so much going on around
this church, and Springfield Road School,
it's hard to believe most of it has gone. I believe the wee School would
still be there if they hadn't changed it over, the people of Dalmarnock
and Bridgeton were not happy."
The church closed in 1977 and now due to declining population the
chapel across the road from this photo is also being demolished, see Our
lady of Fatima.
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Dalmarnock Community Centre, 3 Lily Street.
Part of this centre is on the site where the Dalmarnock Parish church
stood
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Extract from
messageboard, Jul 2004, Glesga Pal Carlin, Fife, Scotland
......... Dalmarnock Parish Church ah went tae the Sunday School there,
an' the Girls Brigade. Where the fatima chapel now stands in Millerfield
Road was ca'd "The Brickie Park" when ah lived in Sunnybank
Street - ah don't know whit wiz oan that site afore then. |
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Dalmarnock
Parish Church 1892 certificate
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Aug.2005,
Jim Armstrong, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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See also his Grandfather's old church postcard)
Webmasiter....your website brings back so many childhood memories.
My father was born in Springfield
Road in 1904 and this '1892 Band of Hope' certificate from the
Dalmarnock Parish Church belonged to my grandfather, C.George Armstrong.
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Band of Hope stories frae
Glesga Pals.
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Jim Armstrong was given the Band
of Hope certificate and the church postcard about 3 years ago after the
death of a maiden aunt, who had lived in the family home in Belfast until it
was pulled down.
His grandfather, George Armstrong was born in Co.Cavan in 1881
and moved at a young age, first to Belfast and then to Glasgow, he was
only 11 when he received the above certificate from the Band of Hope.
George lived at 76 Springfield Road and married a girl called Barbara Stitt.
They moved to 159 Springfield Road where they had four children.
One of the children, Jim's father, was
born in 1904 the 3 other children were also born in Glasgow 2 of whom
survived and around 1916/17, the family returned to Belfast.
Jim's father started work in the H &W shipyard at the age of 13 and was
there until he was 72 yrs old!
He passed away in January 1979 at the age of 74.
The grandfather George Armstrong born 1881died in December 1937.
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If you have any church photographs
get in touch with me.
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